Fastener for sashes or similar devices.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

M. RODNEY. FASTENER FOR SASHES 0R SIMILAR DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23. 1903.

[NVENTOR mezz/iiodngy Atfomey UNITED STATES Patented May 1'7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FASTENER FOR SASHES OR SIMILAR DEVICES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,350, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed December 23,1903. Serial No. 186,362. (No model.)

To (ti/Z whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW RODNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State oflowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Sashes or Similar Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in fasteners for sashes and similar devices; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character adapted to secure storm doors and windows, screens, 620., within frames.

A further object is to provide a fastener which can be readily connected to the window or screen and which will exert a spring tension thereon while holding it in place, thereby producing a tight connection.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of a spring locking-lever formed of spring metal and having an integral coil for the reception of a pivot-pin. One end of this lever is hooked for engaging a suitable projection upon the window or screen to be fastened in place, and the other end of the lever is adapted to be locked in any suitable manner.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showingmy improved lock in engagement with a stormwindow, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through a portion of the window and showing the catch in elevation.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a window-frame having a pivotpin 2 thereon, and arranged on the pivot-pin is a spring-coil 3, formed integral with a spring-arm 4. A hook 5 extends from the opposite side of the coil and is adapted to swing into engagement with a hook or staple 6, secured to a storm-window 7. A retainingpin 8 is secured to the frame 1 and is adapted to project over the arm 4 and hold the book 5 in engagement with the staple 6.

When it is desired to secure the storm-window in position, the catch is swung into the position illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2,

and after the window has been properly placed in the frame 1 arm I is pressed downward and swung laterally, so as to spring over the pin 8 and in rear thereof. At the same time hook 5 swings into engagement with staple 6 and draws the same and the window 7 inward, so as to produce a tight connection between said window and the frame 1. By arranging a coil 3 upon the pivot 2 an inward pressure is always exerted upon the window 7 when the same is locked in position.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is The combination with a frame having a pivot-pin thereon, and a sash within the frame and having a projection thereon; of a springcoil revolubly mounted upon the pin, a hook integral therewith and adapted to engage the projection, a spring-arm extending from the coil, and a retaining-pin for engaging the arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATHEWV RODNEY.

Witnesses:

J. E. HAY, J. J. OonNEY. 

